The East Coast trip this fall took us from Massachusetts to New York through the Hudson Valley to upstate where we spent some time in the Finger Lakes region and then drove to Vermont, almost to New Hampshire, and back to Boston via Mohawk Trail. Some days the weather was perfectly picturesque autumnal and some days it was typical autumnal (read - we had some sunshine, lots of clouds and it rained quite a bit). My portable sketching worked out great.
Here are two different approaches:
For the first two images in this post, I was able to put down a bunch of lines (ballpoint pen in the first sketch and calligraphy zig pen in the second). And when I found out that I had some time I added color. I used my mini gouache kit, a bit of markers, and colored pencils.
And here is a second approach: putting down some large color shapes with quick-drying acrylic markers and then with gouache over them. Adding lines later. I used a ballpoint pen in the first sketch and pencil lines in the second sketch.
I do not have a strong preference between these two approaches (line or color shape first). Overthinking usually leads to not making a sketch at all for me so I value speed and intuition in on-location sketching quite a bit.
This is a series of posts about Fall 2024 trip to East Coast.
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